Session title and presenter name
- Radio for Kids, by Kids
- All the Latest Freeware for Palms
- Learning Can be Fun: And Meet the Standards
- Beyond Podcasting: iPods in the Classroom
- Focus on freeware: Applications for Palm and PocketPC
- Creating your Own Video Podcast
From this session, what information made a lasting impression?
The session that made a lasting impression was the keynote speaker on Day 2 by Karen Fasimpaur. I have been involved in Web 2.0 applications for quite some time and was fascinated by the applications Karen was sharing. She was sharing way beyond the basic blogs or podcasts. I was interested in the way she was using the cell phone for many applications. I made me wonder if cellphones would ever be incorporated into daily instruction in schools. I doubt it, but there was much discussion at the conference about using cellphones as a tool.
How will you use this information as a teacher? (Productivity tool? Instructional tool?)
As as Techonolgy Resource Teacher I have found this information quite valuable on a daily basis. Teachers are looking for free ways to enhance the curriculum and bring learning to students of various learning styles. There are so many applications out there that allow teachers to meet these needs.
How will your students use this information? (What kind of learning activity?)
There is a middle school teacher that is getting ready to use a blog to get students to get more excited about readign and sharing their thoughts about various topics that they read about. She is using edublogs and it will be interesting to see how students participate and get involved with commenting. I have found that blogging with students is highly motivational and allows immediate feedback from teachers and peers.
What kind of product will be produced from this type of educational handheld activity?
This is a Web 2.0 application vs a handheld activity. The product will be a blog which will contain information relating to books, information about authors, and opinions, ideas, and reflections from students and teachers.
How will you assess the student-created product?
This will be determined within the next week or so as we finish the blog. It is likely that there will be a scoring guide or rubric involved.
What roadblocks are currently in place that would prevent you from doing this in your classroom?
The basic roadblock is training the teacher to feel comfortable with edublogs. Edublogs has way too many options, but is still a great tool. I have used other blogs before that are noneducational and there are easier formats out there. It is just a matter of finding an easy format that is a useful tool and educationally safe for schools. Now if someone finds that, this roadblock would be removed.
Conference Information
- Radio for Kids, by Kids
- All the Latest Freeware for Palms
- Learning Can be Fun: And Meet the Standards
- Beyond Podcasting: iPods in the Classroom
- Focus on freeware: Applications for Palm and PocketPC
- Creating your Own Video Podcast
The session that made a lasting impression was the keynote speaker on Day 2 by Karen Fasimpaur. I have been involved in Web 2.0 applications for quite some time and was fascinated by the applications Karen was sharing. She was sharing way beyond the basic blogs or podcasts. I was interested in the way she was using the cell phone for many applications. I made me wonder if cellphones would ever be incorporated into daily instruction in schools. I doubt it, but there was much discussion at the conference about using cellphones as a tool.
As as Techonolgy Resource Teacher I have found this information quite valuable on a daily basis. Teachers are looking for free ways to enhance the curriculum and bring learning to students of various learning styles. There are so many applications out there that allow teachers to meet these needs.
There is a middle school teacher that is getting ready to use a blog to get students to get more excited about readign and sharing their thoughts about various topics that they read about. She is using edublogs and it will be interesting to see how students participate and get involved with commenting. I have found that blogging with students is highly motivational and allows immediate feedback from teachers and peers.
This is a Web 2.0 application vs a handheld activity. The product will be a blog which will contain information relating to books, information about authors, and opinions, ideas, and reflections from students and teachers.
This will be determined within the next week or so as we finish the blog. It is likely that there will be a scoring guide or rubric involved.
The basic roadblock is training the teacher to feel comfortable with edublogs. Edublogs has way too many options, but is still a great tool. I have used other blogs before that are noneducational and there are easier formats out there. It is just a matter of finding an easy format that is a useful tool and educationally safe for schools. Now if someone finds that, this roadblock would be removed.